Essential Functions: The VISTA member serving as the Volunteer Recruitment and Training Coordinator will serve an important role in a refocusing of effort toward our volunteer program. Specifically, the member will build upon the work of his/her predecessor in this position by initiating, developing, and maintaining relationships with key community partners as part of a targeted recruitment effort to fill our volunteer needs and expand our outreach to potential volunteers. Further, the member will work with current volunteers and management to identify, create, and facilitate volunteer training so that we are providing professional development and core skills training in support of volunteers’ work toward our mission. In support of the team effort to strengthen the volunteer program and increase retention, the member will work with staff to develop evaluation tools to monitor volunteer performance and satisfaction as well as help to develop recognition methods that are cost-effective and creative.